ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,053, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SYMRISE AG (Holzminden, Germany).
"Process for preparing caryophyllene oxide" was invented by Michael Backes (Holzminden, Germany), Nadine Heinemeier (Bevern, Germany), Stefan Brennecke (Halle, Germany), Martin Heinemeier (Hoxter, Germany), Dietmar Schatkowski (Einbeck, Germany) and Artur Dueck (Stadtoldendorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for oxidizing beta-caryophyllene with oxygen, in particular atmospheric oxygen, which avoids the use of catalysts, enzymes and solvents. Furthermore, the present invention provides a mixture comprising certain...